As I write this review, I just got finished mowing my lawn. This seems like the absolute best chance a shandy has of impressing me. My sister-in-law had been a fan of shandy's for quite some time, but the style never really seemed to suit me. But, I've changed a lot since the first time that I had a shandy, and maybe I can appreciate what they're supposed to be bringing to the table. After all, I've even found hard root beers that I like.
The yellow beverage is somewhat hazy, and the relatively small head boils down to a cyclonic swirl in the center of the glass. It doesn't look like there's going to be much lacing, but that's not going to be the end of the world. The aroma is very much lemon and lime with a slight stinging from what smell like tropical hops underneath. There's almost a mint-like brightness to the aroma that I can't really put my finger on.First sip is not my favorite beverage ever. The mint isn't gone, and it appears to have changed into almost a toothpaste at the beginning of the sip with lemon and lime skins behind it and mustiness that prevents an onset of the crispness that I had really anticipated this beer having. Maybe multiple sips would tell me more than I need to know about this beer, but multiple sips aren't what we do.
Tip-in is calm lemon and lime presented rather thickly with very light carbonation and the air of alcohol like that Kentucky Pink Lemonade I had a while back. The middle is gentle, smooth, and refreshing with the lemon and lime doing almost all of the heavy lifting and light tropical breezes happening behind it while the tenor of alcohol can be felt throughout the drink. The finish is relatively unpleasant with that strange almost toothpaste-like consistency and flavor that is entirely unwelcome in a refreshing beverage.
Bottom Line: Maybe shandy's just aren't for me.
1.25/5